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aw' 9 usr * ,J Mh 7 * *‘3 i am’ USC says latei to the Sooners Sports, page 28 jBeer ads brew ‘C [trouble in America fo I Viewpoint, page 5 Life rucible’ delivers rceful message / Arts, page 9
( Mi % trojan
Volume CXIII, Number 5 University of Southern California Monday, September 10, 1990
Fountain of knowledge
Tom Chan / Dally Tro|an
Linda Suzuki, a senior majoring in business, takes a break between classes to get a jump on her studies at the fountain across from Tommy Trojan.
Davis to announce future of Coliseum plans Tuesday
A Sharper Focus
Increased campus incidents provoke parental insecurities
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
Twelve years ago, they clutched their Snoopy lunch boxes and scampered up the steps of bright yellow, buses to be spirited off to the first grade.
Two weeks ago, they packed their suitcases with a year's worth of clothes and flew off in DC-lOs to become college freshmen.
Goodbyes like these are never easy for parents.
But with this year's back-to-school days colored by the murders of five college students in Gainesville, Fla., , and allegations of rape and sexual assault here at USC, safety has become an even bigger parental concern.
"We tell our daughters, 'You have to walk around with your eyes and ears open. Don't think that if you leave your door open for a few minutes while you go somewhere, it's going to be OK because it isn't,' " said Loretta Vogrin of Gilson, Pa., whose daughter Karie is a freshman majoring in Asian studies.
Campus crime, which recently has become more publicized if not more common, is something the Vogrins' older daughter, Jeanine, has been dealing with since she enrolled at the University of Pittsburg last fall.
"Just in the last few weeks, there have been several rapes on that campus," Loretta Vogrin said. "The guy who has been arrested in connection with those rapes is a 16-year-old freshman in high school, and his getaway car was a bicycle. So you never know."
Students returning to Santa Fe Community College or the University of Florida's Gainesville campus just before Labor Day could not have known that five of them would be brutally murdered within a 48-hour period.
USC students could not have known that the first week of school would bring University Security's statistics up to four rapes and two attempted rapes for the year.
But no matter how random individual events may seem, the fact remains that crime and security are now increasingly important factors in a student's choice of a university, especially if their parents have anything to say about it.
"That was obviously one of the things we looked at," said Sue Banks of Herndon, Va., whose son Michael is a freshman majoring in physics. "Some places we looked at, we told Mike we had a concern for his safety, and he said, 'Well, you may have a concern, but I have a real concern.' "
Questions about campus crime and security are not always easily answered. Few college guide books even address the issue, except perhaps as part of a discussion of campus life.
But persistent parents and students found campus visits to be extremely telling.
Sue Banks said though her husband and her son were impressed by USC's (See Parents, page 14)
University source says reconstruction ‘highly unlikely’ if Raiders leave
By Dorothy Tsao
Staff Writer
The fate of the Coliseum could be decided Tuesday when A1 Davis is scheduled to indicate whether the Los Angeles Raiders will play home football games there or in Oakland, university and Coliseum officials said. *
The Coliseum Commission, which sets the deadline, will drop a lawsuit against the Raiders if Davis signs a contract to keep his team in Los Angeles for 20 years, said Mike McGee, university athletic director.
Whether the Raiders stay will determine if, and to what extent, the Coliseum is renovated, McGee said.
Renovations would include decreasing the capacity of the stadium to 70,000 for Raiders' games and 85,000 for college football games, said Alisa Spilman, director of Coliseum public relations.
More than 150 luxury boxes would be added, along with 15,000 club seats, she said.
McGee said a decision should be made soon after Davis' scheduled announcement.
"Potential renovation is likely to come in the near term,'’ McGee said, "(but) renovation is highly unlikely if the Raiders don't stay in town."
If the Raiders decide to stay, an environmental impact report must be finished before renovation can start, Spilman said. The study will take 12 to 18 months.
"The Coliseum is a historical monument, so there are other complications," she said.
The university will have to play its home football games at an alternative site if renovations are started, McGee said.
Possible sites include Anaheim Stadium and Dodger Stadium, he said.
The renovation project is being supervised by the Coliseum Commission and Spectacor, the company hired to operate and maintain the Coliseum.
The Raiders have reportedly been considering offers to relocate in either Oakland or Sacramento. Officials close to the Raiders say that the team will play in the town offering the most money and best facilities.
Cuts force layoffs of staff, TAs
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The university's recent proposed $10-million budget cut, which reflects this year's lower enrollment numbers, has resulted in widespread trimming of the uni-versity's non-faculty payroll, administration officials said.
Many part-time graduate student teaching assistant and senior lecturing positions were also eliminated.
The employment of senior lecturers, such as the School of Journalism's part-time use of Los Angeles Times reporters to teach selected night classes, is designed to mitigate professors' teaching loads. These positions were cut by 26, to 180.
The university's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was hit the hardest, said Gerald Segal, dean of LAS.
Another of the major reductions was in the cutting of teaching assistant positions filled by graduate students as a means of financial aid. LAS reduced those positions by 28, to 750. Funding for remaining positions was not reduced, Segal added.
Non-teaching staff positions, such as department secretaries, were reduced from 312 to 293.
But many of the staff people displaced in LAS and across the campus are expected to find work in other university jobs because the normal turnover rate yields about 190 openings each month, said Dennis Dougherty, acting senior vice president for administration.
Dougherty also said that displaced staffers are given preferential treatment in the hiring process over outside applicants.
"We don't cut any arteries or create any hardships in our employee family," Dougherty said.
LAS was just one of the university's 18 schools that has been forced to make cutbacks.
Segal said that each of the three divisions within the college — Natural Sciences and Math, Social Sciences and Communications, and Humanities — made its own personnel-cutting decisions.
"They tend to do so with an eye toward the needs of classes, the health of the graduate program and their budget," Segal said. "It's a very painful thing. We attempt to protect the TAs as much as possible. We try ... to protect the academic integrity of the college."
Other schools on campus were also affected by the budget reduction.
The business school cut 40 positions, while Public Administration cut 13 and the School of Education lost 11, Dougherty said.
The remaining cuts were made in central administration, specifically the offices of Financial Services and Business Affairs.
Mark Kann, assistant dean of graduate studies, asserted that the TA situation is still in good health. He cited as examples two new TA training programs, for which funding has remained intact.
The two new programs give departments the option of turning prospective TAs over to the graduate school for train-
(See Layoffs, page 6)

aw' 9 usr * ,J Mh 7 * *‘3 i am’ USC says latei to the Sooners Sports, page 28 jBeer ads brew ‘C [trouble in America fo I Viewpoint, page 5 Life rucible’ delivers rceful message / Arts, page 9
( Mi % trojan
Volume CXIII, Number 5 University of Southern California Monday, September 10, 1990
Fountain of knowledge
Tom Chan / Dally Tro|an
Linda Suzuki, a senior majoring in business, takes a break between classes to get a jump on her studies at the fountain across from Tommy Trojan.
Davis to announce future of Coliseum plans Tuesday
A Sharper Focus
Increased campus incidents provoke parental insecurities
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
Twelve years ago, they clutched their Snoopy lunch boxes and scampered up the steps of bright yellow, buses to be spirited off to the first grade.
Two weeks ago, they packed their suitcases with a year's worth of clothes and flew off in DC-lOs to become college freshmen.
Goodbyes like these are never easy for parents.
But with this year's back-to-school days colored by the murders of five college students in Gainesville, Fla., , and allegations of rape and sexual assault here at USC, safety has become an even bigger parental concern.
"We tell our daughters, 'You have to walk around with your eyes and ears open. Don't think that if you leave your door open for a few minutes while you go somewhere, it's going to be OK because it isn't,' " said Loretta Vogrin of Gilson, Pa., whose daughter Karie is a freshman majoring in Asian studies.
Campus crime, which recently has become more publicized if not more common, is something the Vogrins' older daughter, Jeanine, has been dealing with since she enrolled at the University of Pittsburg last fall.
"Just in the last few weeks, there have been several rapes on that campus," Loretta Vogrin said. "The guy who has been arrested in connection with those rapes is a 16-year-old freshman in high school, and his getaway car was a bicycle. So you never know."
Students returning to Santa Fe Community College or the University of Florida's Gainesville campus just before Labor Day could not have known that five of them would be brutally murdered within a 48-hour period.
USC students could not have known that the first week of school would bring University Security's statistics up to four rapes and two attempted rapes for the year.
But no matter how random individual events may seem, the fact remains that crime and security are now increasingly important factors in a student's choice of a university, especially if their parents have anything to say about it.
"That was obviously one of the things we looked at," said Sue Banks of Herndon, Va., whose son Michael is a freshman majoring in physics. "Some places we looked at, we told Mike we had a concern for his safety, and he said, 'Well, you may have a concern, but I have a real concern.' "
Questions about campus crime and security are not always easily answered. Few college guide books even address the issue, except perhaps as part of a discussion of campus life.
But persistent parents and students found campus visits to be extremely telling.
Sue Banks said though her husband and her son were impressed by USC's (See Parents, page 14)
University source says reconstruction ‘highly unlikely’ if Raiders leave
By Dorothy Tsao
Staff Writer
The fate of the Coliseum could be decided Tuesday when A1 Davis is scheduled to indicate whether the Los Angeles Raiders will play home football games there or in Oakland, university and Coliseum officials said. *
The Coliseum Commission, which sets the deadline, will drop a lawsuit against the Raiders if Davis signs a contract to keep his team in Los Angeles for 20 years, said Mike McGee, university athletic director.
Whether the Raiders stay will determine if, and to what extent, the Coliseum is renovated, McGee said.
Renovations would include decreasing the capacity of the stadium to 70,000 for Raiders' games and 85,000 for college football games, said Alisa Spilman, director of Coliseum public relations.
More than 150 luxury boxes would be added, along with 15,000 club seats, she said.
McGee said a decision should be made soon after Davis' scheduled announcement.
"Potential renovation is likely to come in the near term,'’ McGee said, "(but) renovation is highly unlikely if the Raiders don't stay in town."
If the Raiders decide to stay, an environmental impact report must be finished before renovation can start, Spilman said. The study will take 12 to 18 months.
"The Coliseum is a historical monument, so there are other complications," she said.
The university will have to play its home football games at an alternative site if renovations are started, McGee said.
Possible sites include Anaheim Stadium and Dodger Stadium, he said.
The renovation project is being supervised by the Coliseum Commission and Spectacor, the company hired to operate and maintain the Coliseum.
The Raiders have reportedly been considering offers to relocate in either Oakland or Sacramento. Officials close to the Raiders say that the team will play in the town offering the most money and best facilities.
Cuts force layoffs of staff, TAs
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The university's recent proposed $10-million budget cut, which reflects this year's lower enrollment numbers, has resulted in widespread trimming of the uni-versity's non-faculty payroll, administration officials said.
Many part-time graduate student teaching assistant and senior lecturing positions were also eliminated.
The employment of senior lecturers, such as the School of Journalism's part-time use of Los Angeles Times reporters to teach selected night classes, is designed to mitigate professors' teaching loads. These positions were cut by 26, to 180.
The university's College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was hit the hardest, said Gerald Segal, dean of LAS.
Another of the major reductions was in the cutting of teaching assistant positions filled by graduate students as a means of financial aid. LAS reduced those positions by 28, to 750. Funding for remaining positions was not reduced, Segal added.
Non-teaching staff positions, such as department secretaries, were reduced from 312 to 293.
But many of the staff people displaced in LAS and across the campus are expected to find work in other university jobs because the normal turnover rate yields about 190 openings each month, said Dennis Dougherty, acting senior vice president for administration.
Dougherty also said that displaced staffers are given preferential treatment in the hiring process over outside applicants.
"We don't cut any arteries or create any hardships in our employee family," Dougherty said.
LAS was just one of the university's 18 schools that has been forced to make cutbacks.
Segal said that each of the three divisions within the college — Natural Sciences and Math, Social Sciences and Communications, and Humanities — made its own personnel-cutting decisions.
"They tend to do so with an eye toward the needs of classes, the health of the graduate program and their budget," Segal said. "It's a very painful thing. We attempt to protect the TAs as much as possible. We try ... to protect the academic integrity of the college."
Other schools on campus were also affected by the budget reduction.
The business school cut 40 positions, while Public Administration cut 13 and the School of Education lost 11, Dougherty said.
The remaining cuts were made in central administration, specifically the offices of Financial Services and Business Affairs.
Mark Kann, assistant dean of graduate studies, asserted that the TA situation is still in good health. He cited as examples two new TA training programs, for which funding has remained intact.
The two new programs give departments the option of turning prospective TAs over to the graduate school for train-
(See Layoffs, page 6)